Economic calendar in Asia 23 May 2025 – Japan inflation data, April

We had some mixed data from Japan yesterday. From back in March, a nice positive surprise:

• Japan machinery orders surge, +13% m/m (expected -1.6%)

And as an early sign for May, not so good, it’ll be the 11th consecutive month of contraction in the manufacturing PMI if the final reading confirms:

• Japan flash May manufacturing PMI 49.0 (prior 48.7)

Today we get CPI data

• This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
• The times in the left-most column are GMT.
• The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.